Venezuela's Twin Disasters: A Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding in Slow Motion The devastation wrought by last week's twin earthquakes in Venezuela is staggering, with more than 3,500 lives lost and over 18,000 people left homeless.
The official death toll of 3,535 underscores the catastrophic consequences of a disaster exacerbated by the country's dire humanitarian situation.
The scale of destruction is difficult to comprehend, with an estimated 60,000 buildings damaged or destroyed in Caracas and La Guaira alone.